11 Bay area restaurants make OpenTable's Top 100 Neighborhood Gems

Applause from OT: OpenTable, the online restaurant reservations system, released its 2014 Diners' Choice Award winners for the Top 100 Neighborhood Gems in America -- local faves that enjoy a following. Several restaurants in the greater Bay Area cracked the list, including Trabocco in Alameda, Lou's Village in San Jose, Osmanthus in Oakland, The Pastaria in Los Gatos and Gusto in San Carlos. The OpenTable awards reflect the combined opinions of more than five million diner-penned restaurant reviews for 19,000 restaurants across the country.

The exterior of Trabocco is seen at the South Shore Center plaza in Alameda, Calif., on Feb. 18, 2014. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group Archives)

Rejoice, meat eaters: Slow-food specialist Anya Fernald has opened a Peninsula outpost of her Belcampo Meat Co., a Marin County butcher shop noted for its organic, sustainable and humane practices. The new Palo Alto location gives Town & Country Village added cachet for foodies who calso enjoy the Calafia Cafe, Mayfield Bakery, Asian Box, Gott's Roadside, Howie's Artisan Pizza and Tin Pot Creamery.

On-demand delivery just became a reality in the East Bay. Postdates, the smartphone app-based system, has expanded to our neck of the woods, making every restaurant and store in this foodie paradise available with the touch of a button.

Mac and cheese from Homeroom delivered to The Greek Theatre in Berkeley? Pizzaiolo brought to Lake Merritt and fresh produce from Berkeley Bowl? Yes, please. So far, Postmates delivers in Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, and Alameda. Fees start at $5 and are guaranteed in under one hour. All we want to know is, how much longer before they come through the Caldecott Tunnel? Details: postmates.com.

You've already heard what Michael Mina has in store for football fans, but the stadium's other eateries will be run by Centerplate, the hospitality and food service provider for the Santa Clara stadium -- and that menu will include tortas, curries and baozi in addition to at least one vegan offering on every concession stand's menu.

Some of the dishes were created in collaboration with nationally renowned vegetarian chefs Richard Landau and Kate Jacoby of Vedge restaurant in Philadelphia.

Noodle love: South Bay chef Tuyen Chung is expanding into pan-Asian street food with a new concept. The proprietor of the popular Ginger Cafes (Sunnyvale, Gilroy) and Fu Kee (San Jose) blends Vietnamese, Chinese and other influences at his new Rice + Noodles Asian Kitchen in Campbell.